Transcription of BOSCASTLE The Flood
{{id}} {{{paragraph}}}
Example: bankruptcy
BOSCASTLE The Flood
Around 1000 residents and visitors are believed to have been affected in this witnessed the largest peacetime rescue in the history of mainland Britain. Miraculously, there were no fatalities, with only 1 reported casualty - a broken thumb. 7 helicopters airlifted 100 people (including 6 firefighters) to safety. 29 out of the 31 Cornwall County Fire Brigade stations were involved in the remained at BOSCASTLE for 7 days, assisting in the clean-up operation. 58 properties were flooded, 4 of which were demolished,The Visitor Centre, Clovelly Clothing,Things and the Harbour Light. A further 40 properties were flooded in Canworthy Water, Bude, Helebridge and Crackington Haven with severe flooding at Otterham,Week St Mary, Marshgate,Millook and Camelford. 4 footbridges along the Valency Valley were washed away. 84 wrecked cars were recovered from BOSCASTLE s harbour and streets, 32 could still be outat sea. The significant infrastructure damage to buildings and services, could cost North Cornwall District Council up to 2 million.
16.02 Coastguard are informed “situation bad”.Roads are flooded. 16.03 RAF Kinloss,the rescue co-ordination centre,is put on standby. 16.06 Firefighters from Delabole Station,after attending a car accident,are mobilised to Boscastle.
Loading..
Tags:
Information
Domain:
Source:
Link to this page:
Please notify us if you found a problem with this document: